John william bearce



(No Model.)

J. W. BEAROE. STOPPER FASTENBR.

No. 595,135. Patented Dec. 7,1897.

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JOHN WILLIAM BEARCE, OF BOXVLING GREEN, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONEIIALFTO GEORGE M. BEDINGER, OF SAME PLACE.

STOPPER-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,135, dated December'7, 1897.

Application filed lB, 1895. Serial No. 572,037. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN WILLIAM BEAROE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bowling Green, in the county of lVarren and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stopper-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will en able othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in stopper-fasteners for bottlesand jugs; and the objects in view are to produce a simple andinexpensive means for retaining the stoppers of bottles and jugs inposition, said means being of such a character as to permit of theextraction of the stopper only after such a partial or entiredestruction of the means employed, and which will be so evident as toshow at once that the contents of the bottle has been tampered with.

With these objects in view my invention consists in a bottle having oneor a plurality of auxiliary breakable necks surrounding the usualbottle-neck, which auxiliary necks must be broken when in the act ofremoving the obstruction arranged over the stopper, and, furthermore, ina preferably metallic and therefore rigid yoke-shaped fastener that isarranged over the stopper and obstructs the removal of the same, andwhose terminal or terminals are secured in any suitable and preferablynon-re1novable manner in said auxiliary neck or necks.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation and partial sectionof a bottle constructed in accordance with my invention, a singleauxiliary neck being employed and shown in partial section. Fig. 2 is asimilar view showing a plurality of auxiliary necks, and Fig. 3 is adetail in perspective of the fastening-yoke.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

1 designates a bottle or jug, at the upper end of which is the usualneck 2, which c0m-.

municates with the interior of the bottle. Formed integral with thebottle upon the shoulder thereof is one or a plurality of auxiliarynecks 3, which do not communicate with the bottle and whose upper halvesor portions are provided with cup-shaped cavities 4. Between their endsthe said auxiliary necks 3 are reduced, as at 5, at which points thesaid necks are adapted to be readily broken when sufficient force isapplied. As before stated, I may use a single auxiliary neck, as shownin Fig. 1, or a plurality of the same, as shown in Fig. 2, and in theformer instance it may be inclined or straight, as preferred.

(5 designates the preferably rigid metallic yoke-shaped fastener, thesame consisting of the transverse portion 7 and the depending portion 8.Of course where a plurality of auxiliary necks is employed the number ofdepending portions 8 would be increased accordingly. Each depending plffiiil 8 is provided with a perforation 9, and a correspondingperforation 20 is formed at diametrically opposite points in the walhofthe cup-shaped cavity 4.

After the bottle has been filled the stopper is placed in position,after which the yoke shaped fastener has its depending portion orportions 8 set into the cavity a and a pin 11 passed through the wall ofthe cavity and through the perforation 9. The yoke-shaped fasteners areso proportioned as when thus positioned the horizontal portions 7thereof will overlie the stopper 12. The cavity 4: is now packed withany suitable cement which completely fills the same.

lhe yoke-shaped fastener may be made of glass, metal, or othersubstance, but is preferably made of metal, and by its presence it willbe seen that it is impossible to disturb the contents of the bottle by aremoval of the cork without first removing the yokeshaped fastener, andthat the latter can only occur by either a breaking of the fasteneritself or by a breaking of the auxiliary neck or necks, either of whichwill indicate that the stopper has been removed and the contentsdisturbed.

From the foregoing description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be seen that I have provided a simple and inexpensivemeans whereby the disturbance of the contents of a bottle from itsoriginal state or condition will be at once evidenced to any purchaserof the same, and by the use of my invention all efforts to counterfeitthe contents of a bottle and palm the same oif upon the public as theoriginal contents may be avoided in a successful and positive manner.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. The bottle having anauxiliary neck located at one side of the bottle-neck, and the stoppercontained in the bottle-neck, of a rigid yoke or fastener secured withinthe auX- iliary neck and extending over the stopper, substantially asspecified.

2. The bottle having an auxiliary neck located at the side of thebottle-neck, said auxiliary neck being reduced between its ends to forma breaking point and above the same provided with a cavity, combinedwith a stopper located in the bottle-neck and a yoke extending over thestopper and depending into the auxiliary neck, and means for permanentlysecuring same in said cavity, substantially as specified.

3. The bottle having the auxiliary neck at the side of its bottle-neck,said auxiliary neck being reduced between its ends to form a break-pointand above the same provided with a cavity having its wall oppositelyperforated, combined with a stopper in the bottle-neck, a yoke dependinginto the auxiliary neck and extending over the stopper, a pin passedthrough the perforations in the auxthe stopper and provided withdepending ends permanently secured within the cavities, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN WILLIAM BEAROE.

Witnesses:

JOHN B. GIRDER, J. H. MALLORY.

